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US 4,068,570 AGranted
Apparatus for producing pieces of eggs
OwnerPaul Emile Lanoieinventor
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Abstract
Process of producing pieces of eggs which comprises mixing eggs to obtain a blend of egg whites and egg yolks, separately establishing a first flow of the blend and a second flow of steam under pressure, contacting the first and second flows to produce a burst of the blend of eggs and to initiate a preliminary cooking of the eggs, introducing the eggs resulting from the proceeding step into a container, allowing the eggs to remain in the container until cooking is completed and a solid mass of cooked eggs is obtained, and disintegrating the solid mass into small pieces.
Claims6
An apparatus for producing pieces of eggs which comprises:
- a. a mixer for producing a blend of eggs;
- b. a source of steam under pressure;
- c. first duct means connected to said mixer, said first duct means comprising a tube having a constriction which prevents formation of voids in the flow of egg blend;
- d. second duct means connected to said source of steam;
- e. means enabling said first and second duct means to be joined whereby said blend of eggs and said steam are contacted to produce a burst of the eggs and to initiate a preliminary cooking thereof;
- f. third duct means connected to said means defined in (e) to discharge the preliminary cooked eggs;
- g. a container to receive the discharged eggs and to hold the same until completely cooked, said container comprising an elongated cylinder formed with a plurality of concentrically arranged cylindrical axial compartments;
- h. means to cause said discharge of preliminary cooked eggs to be made alternately in said compartments;
- i. means to rotate said cylinder to a next compartment when one compartment has been filled with said preliminary cooked eggs;
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- j. means enabling disintegration of said cooked eggs into small pieces.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.